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1;;; map-ynp.el --- general-purpose boolean question-asker -*- lexical-binding:t -*-
2
3;; Copyright (C) 1991-1995, 2000-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5;; Author: Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>
6;; Maintainer: FSF
7;; Keywords: lisp, extensions
8;; Package: emacs
9
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24
25;;; Commentary:
26
27;; map-y-or-n-p is a general-purpose question-asking function.
28;; It asks a series of y/n questions (a la y-or-n-p), and decides to
29;; apply an action to each element of a list based on the answer.
30;; The nice thing is that you also get some other possible answers
31;; to use, reminiscent of query-replace: ! to answer y to all remaining
32;; questions; ESC or q to answer n to all remaining questions; . to answer
33;; y once and then n for the remainder; and you can get help with C-h.
34
35;;; Code:
36
37(declare-function x-popup-dialog "xmenu.c" (position contents &optional header))
38
39(defun map-y-or-n-p (prompter actor list &optional help action-alist
40 no-cursor-in-echo-area)
41 "Ask a series of boolean questions.
42Takes args PROMPTER ACTOR LIST, and optional args HELP and ACTION-ALIST.
43
44LIST is a list of objects, or a function of no arguments to return the next
45object or nil.
46
47If PROMPTER is a string, the prompt is \(format PROMPTER OBJECT\). If not
48a string, PROMPTER is a function of one arg (an object from LIST), which
49returns a string to be used as the prompt for that object. If the return
50value is not a string, it may be nil to ignore the object or non-nil to act
51on the object without asking the user.
52
53ACTOR is a function of one arg (an object from LIST),
54which gets called with each object that the user answers `yes' for.
55
56If HELP is given, it is a list (OBJECT OBJECTS ACTION),
57where OBJECT is a string giving the singular noun for an elt of LIST;
58OBJECTS is the plural noun for elts of LIST, and ACTION is a transitive
59verb describing ACTOR. The default is \(\"object\" \"objects\" \"act on\"\).
60
61At the prompts, the user may enter y, Y, or SPC to act on that object;
62n, N, or DEL to skip that object; ! to act on all following objects;
63ESC or q to exit (skip all following objects); . (period) to act on the
64current object and then exit; or \\[help-command] to get help.
65
66If ACTION-ALIST is given, it is an alist (KEY FUNCTION HELP) of extra keys
67that will be accepted. KEY is a character; FUNCTION is a function of one
68arg (an object from LIST); HELP is a string. When the user hits KEY,
69FUNCTION is called. If it returns non-nil, the object is considered
70\"acted upon\", and the next object from LIST is processed. If it returns
71nil, the prompt is repeated for the same object.
72
73Final optional argument NO-CURSOR-IN-ECHO-AREA non-nil says not to set
74`cursor-in-echo-area' while prompting.
75
76This function uses `query-replace-map' to define the standard responses,
77but not all of the responses which `query-replace' understands
78are meaningful here.
79
80Returns the number of actions taken."
81 (let* ((actions 0)
82 user-keys mouse-event map prompt char elt def
83 ;; Non-nil means we should use mouse menus to ask.
84 use-menus
85 delayed-switch-frame
86 ;; Rebind other-window-scroll-buffer so that subfunctions can set
87 ;; it temporarily, without risking affecting the caller.
88 (other-window-scroll-buffer other-window-scroll-buffer)
89 (next (if (functionp list)
90 (lambda () (setq elt (funcall list)))
91 (lambda () (when list
92 (setq elt (pop list))
93 t))))
94 (try-again (lambda ()
95 (let ((x next))
96 (setq next (lambda () (setq next x) elt))))))
97 (if (and (listp last-nonmenu-event)
98 use-dialog-box)
99 ;; Make a list describing a dialog box.
100 (let ((objects (if help (capitalize (nth 1 help))))
101 (action (if help (capitalize (nth 2 help)))))
102 (setq map `(("Yes" . act) ("No" . skip)
103 ,@(mapcar (lambda (elt)
104 (cons (with-syntax-table
105 text-mode-syntax-table
106 (capitalize (nth 2 elt)))
107 (vector (nth 1 elt))))
108 action-alist)
109 (,(if help (concat action " This But No More")
110 "Do This But No More") . act-and-exit)
111 (,(if help (concat action " All " objects)
112 "Do All") . automatic)
113 ("No For All" . exit))
114 use-menus t
115 mouse-event last-nonmenu-event))
116 (setq user-keys (if action-alist
117 (concat (mapconcat (lambda (elt)
118 (key-description
119 (vector (car elt))))
120 action-alist ", ")
121 " ")
122 "")
123 ;; Make a map that defines each user key as a vector containing
124 ;; its definition.
125 map
126 (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
127 (set-keymap-parent map query-replace-map)
128 (dolist (elt action-alist)
129 (define-key map (vector (car elt)) (vector (nth 1 elt))))
130 map)))
131 (unwind-protect
132 (progn
133 (if (stringp prompter)
134 (setq prompter (let ((prompter prompter))
135 (lambda (object)
136 (format prompter object)))))
137 (while (funcall next)
138 (setq prompt (funcall prompter elt))
139 (cond ((stringp prompt)
140 ;; Prompt the user about this object.
141 (setq quit-flag nil)
142 (if use-menus
143 (setq def (or (x-popup-dialog (or mouse-event use-menus)
144 (cons prompt map))
145 'quit))
146 ;; Prompt in the echo area.
147 (let ((cursor-in-echo-area (not no-cursor-in-echo-area))
148 (message-log-max nil))
149 (message (apply 'propertize "%s(y, n, !, ., q, %sor %s) "
150 minibuffer-prompt-properties)
151 prompt user-keys
152 (key-description (vector help-char)))
153 (if minibuffer-auto-raise
154 (raise-frame (window-frame (minibuffer-window))))
155 (while (progn
156 (setq char (read-event))
157 ;; If we get -1, from end of keyboard
158 ;; macro, try again.
159 (equal char -1)))
160 ;; Show the answer to the question.
161 (message "%s(y, n, !, ., q, %sor %s) %s"
162 prompt user-keys
163 (key-description (vector help-char))
164 (single-key-description char)))
165 (setq def (lookup-key map (vector char))))
166 (cond ((eq def 'exit)
167 (setq next (lambda () nil)))
168 ((eq def 'act)
169 ;; Act on the object.
170 (funcall actor elt)
171 (setq actions (1+ actions)))
172 ((eq def 'skip)
173 ;; Skip the object.
174 )
175 ((eq def 'act-and-exit)
176 ;; Act on the object and then exit.
177 (funcall actor elt)
178 (setq actions (1+ actions)
179 next (lambda () nil)))
180 ((eq def 'quit)
181 (setq quit-flag t)
182 (funcall try-again))
183 ((eq def 'automatic)
184 ;; Act on this and all following objects.
185 (if (funcall prompter elt)
186 (progn
187 (funcall actor elt)
188 (setq actions (1+ actions))))
189 (while (funcall next)
190 (if (funcall prompter elt)
191 (progn
192 (funcall actor elt)
193 (setq actions (1+ actions))))))
194 ((eq def 'help)
195 (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
196 (princ
197 (let ((object (if help (nth 0 help) "object"))
198 (objects (if help (nth 1 help) "objects"))
199 (action (if help (nth 2 help) "act on")))
200 (concat
201 (format "Type SPC or `y' to %s the current %s;
202DEL or `n' to skip the current %s;
203RET or `q' to give up on the %s (skip all remaining %s);
204C-g to quit (cancel the whole command);
205! to %s all remaining %s;\n"
206 action object object action objects action
207 objects)
208 (mapconcat (function
209 (lambda (elt)
210 (format "%s to %s"
211 (single-key-description
212 (nth 0 elt))
213 (nth 2 elt))))
214 action-alist
215 ";\n")
216 (if action-alist ";\n")
217 (format "or . (period) to %s \
218the current %s and exit."
219 action object))))
220 (with-current-buffer standard-output
221 (help-mode)))
222
223 (funcall try-again))
224 ((and (symbolp def) (commandp def))
225 (call-interactively def)
226 ;; Regurgitated; try again.
227 (funcall try-again))
228 ((vectorp def)
229 ;; A user-defined key.
230 (if (funcall (aref def 0) elt) ;Call its function.
231 ;; The function has eaten this object.
232 (setq actions (1+ actions))
233 ;; Regurgitated; try again.
234 (funcall try-again)))
235 ((and (consp char)
236 (eq (car char) 'switch-frame))
237 ;; switch-frame event. Put it off until we're done.
238 (setq delayed-switch-frame char)
239 (funcall try-again))
240 (t
241 ;; Random char.
242 (message "Type %s for help."
243 (key-description (vector help-char)))
244 (beep)
245 (sit-for 1)
246 (funcall try-again))))
247 (prompt
248 (funcall actor elt)
249 (setq actions (1+ actions))))))
250 (if delayed-switch-frame
251 (setq unread-command-events
252 (cons delayed-switch-frame unread-command-events))))
253 ;; Clear the last prompt from the minibuffer.
254 (let ((message-log-max nil))
255 (message ""))
256 ;; Return the number of actions that were taken.
257 actions))
258
259;;; map-ynp.el ends here